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• There was opposition due to the economic slump eg the lena goldfields massacre in April 1912 after a strike in Northeast Siberia due to harsh working conditions
• Worker opposition was successful. There were efforts to placate the workers with Zubatov Unions and the October Manifesto
• In 1904 there was a major strike at the Putilov Iron Works, which escalated to 100 thousand workers
• In january 1905 alone, 400 thousand workers went on strike across Russia. Workers began to form Soviets to demand better working conditions
• 1000 workers were killed in a Moscow uprising following the october manifesto publication.
• Up to 15 thousand were executed between October 1905 and April 1906 and 45 thousand exiled